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Harmonix designer Dan Teasdale’s confirmed on his blog that Lego Rock Band was supposed to be announced at GDC. He’s provided the slides to prove it.

There’s a PDF there of an earlier version of the designer’s GDC session – obviously, it didn’t happen. Looks like Lego Rock Band was planned to be announced prior to this year’s show.

Teasdale’s slides show that the game will hit in 2009.

Told you.

Thanks, Kotaku.

Lego game rumors are always out and about, and today is no exception, with news emerging of a Prince of Persia line of toys based on the upcoming movie in 2010.

When Disney announced that Lego would be releasing the toys, it only made sense that gaming sites would be buzzing about the possibility of a game connection.

Joystiq’s quick to point out that Warner Bros owned Traveller’s Tales has used licenses from other movie studios in the past, so it could be a possibility in the future.

Keep your fingers crossed.

Traveller’s Tales announced Lego Battles for DS today.

The game will feature three Lego toy themes, and allow you to build your own fortresses and wage battle against other teams across six storylines and over 70 different levels.

This means that your Lego pirates can battle wizards and aliens, and your dragons can knock about with ninjas while your pirate ships can accost a spacecraft. Really.

Multiplay will be a multi-card affair.

Still waiting for Lego Rock Band, obviously.

Press release after the jump.

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A “senior source” at Traveller’s Tales has told Eurogamer that there will be no Lego Harry potter in 2009.

Rumours of the title’s existence first appeared at the beginning of December.

VG247 was met with a “no comment” on the subject from Warner.

The firm told Eurogamer’s Johnny Minkley in a radio interview over New Year that, “There will be a Lego game in 2009. And I think it’s okay to say that you’ll be a bit surprised.”

EG is speculating the project is a second Indiana Jones game.

A source told VG247 last week that a Lego Rock Band title is in the works at the developer.

By Mike Bowden

A VG247 source has claimed Traveller’s Tales is working on a Lego version of Rock Band for EA.

Our chatterer assured us the information was “100 percent correct”.

UK developer TT Games confirmed in a Radio One interview with EGTV’s Johnny Minkley last night that a Lego game is to be released this year, but refused to confirm its identity.

Minkley speculated the title was a second Indiana Jones game during the show.

Traveller’s Tales was rumoured recently to be working on Lego Harry Potter, talk Warner slapped with a swift “no comment“.

A Lego Potter game would have to be a collaboration with EA, as the publisher owns game rights to the Hogwarts hyper-franchise.

Traveller’s Tales – which is owned by Warner Bros – has yet to confirm future projects, having released Lego Indiana Jones and Lego Batman in 2008.

EA US was unavailable for comment at the time of writing.

Lego Batman’s won the Children’s BAFTA for Best Videogame 2008.

“We’re absolutely delighted; it’s a very special accolade for the whole team,” said TT Games boss Jonathan Smith.

“To get this acknowledgment, here in our home country of the UK, to be acknowledged by the British Academy for the work that everyone’s done on LEGO Batman, was really thrilling.”

Press release after the link.

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According to the Major, a Lego Batman demo’s been upped onto Live. Blurb:

[ESRB: E10+ (Everyone 10+) MILD CARTOON VIOLENCE] Download the demo! Fight the mayhem as superheroes Batman and Robin, or spread anarchy as one of the city’s many supervillians…all in LEGO form. Build and use new gadgets and weapons and take control of classic Batman vehicles as you battle your way through Gotham!

On GamersHell. The taster’s nearly 500Mb in size. No idea what’s in it, but you may as well give it a waz anyway, assuming you haven’t already bought it.

So off you go.

Warner’s confirmed Lego Batman for an October 10 release in Europe.

The game’s releasing for 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii and DS. And PC. Just in case.

Press release – including plenty of content details – after the drop.

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Warner Bros has put out the launch trailer for Lego Batman, as you can see after the link. You know exactly what this looks like, and probably whether or not you’re going to buy this already. So there we are.

Watch it anyway. It’s out for DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii and Xbox 360 on October 10.

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Lego Batman producer Rich Earl has told EG that you’re only going to get an appropriate amount of Lego games per year from TT. No one wants to take the piss, do they?

“There’s an expectation now that there would be a Lego game per year, and we certainly feel that one or two games would be the right amount per year, otherwise there’d be a saturation of Lego games and they’d lose the charm,” he said.

“We’re also conscious that we’re making games for young kids. We don’t want to take the piss out of the consumer and end up making any old rubbish. We’re hoping people feel our games are of a high standard and we want to continue doing that.”

More through the link.

Speaking with GI at Games Convention last week, Traveller’s Tales producer Rich Earl revealed that Lego Batman is set for it’s own TV series.

“We’re looking to do… a Lego Batman series,” he said.

“I think they’re looking at doing a one-off initially,” he went on. “And they’re basically able to utilise the assets, because our team has brought Lego characters to life.”

The cartoon “will use the [game] engine” and is “being done by a separate studio in the States,” confirmed Earl, who also revealed the initial episode will be 20 minutes long.

Full thing through the link.

By Mike Bowden

On Shacknews. Everyone needs butlers, innit. Bruce butler Alfred looks as though he’s handy with his tray, so thank God for that. There’s a movie and screens through there.

After the break. See Bruce Wayne rather run through the Lego-filled Gotham streets bashing goons with his briefcase.

We don’t know how that fits in with the DC Universe, but we’ll find out in September.

Go look. It’s Saturday.

By Mike Bowden

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Worthplaying has them. We’re trying to maintain enthusiasm, but this is starting to look like a Lego game with Batman characters, as opposed to a Lego games with Indiana Jones or Star Wars people.

Go figure.

By Mike Bowden

This Gaming Verdict interview with Travellers Tales’ Jon Smith’s yielded the first proper information about the upcoming Guinness World Records game, currently in the works at the Lego Indiana Jones developer.

“Our Guinness World Records game enables you to create an avatar, then do the most amazing things imaginable,” said Smith.

“You can break 40 different World Records – from cockroach-eating to tightrope walking; from the Land Speed Record to the longest fingernails on one hand – competing with your friends, family, and other players all over the world, to get the best scores. Break a record in the game, and you will actually get your name in the official book next year!”

Zounds. No release date yet. Full thing through the link.

How much can you take? A lot, evidently. Warner Bros has put out even more screens of the upcoming Lego Batman showing, you know, Lego Batman. On IGN. The game’s out in September.

After the link. Shows the Joker and Harley Quinn doing evil stuff. Looks great. Game releases for every platform imaginable in September.

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Only two weeks to go! GameInfoWire‘s got some new screens of Lego Indiana Jones, and they look fantastic. Roll on June 6. Take a look.

In his Nordic Game keynote, Traveller’s Tales boss Jonathan Smith said that lack of proper titles for children led him to create the Lego Star Wars series, according to GI report.

“We believed that children were very badly served by the games they were being given,” he said.

“As parents at the time with children ourselves we knew that children were looking for things in games that they were rarely getting. We identified a market opportunity.”

Loads more quotes from the speech through the link.